P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 32A, § III, Rule 54.6
Pursuant to Rule 53.2(b), the brief shall constitute the argument of the appellant. The appellee shall submit his/her argument no later than thirty (30) days following the filing of the brief.
When the appellant files the supplementary argument provided in Rule 53.2(c), the appellee may file a reply brief within the following thirty (30) days, to the sole effect of rebutting what the appellant stated in the supplementary argument.
The petitioner of a writ of certiorari shall file his/her argument no later than thirty (30) days following the issuing of the writ. The appellee shall file its argument no later than thirty (30) days following the filing of the petitioner’s argument. Notwithstanding the above, the petitioner or the appellee may petition the Circuit Court of Appeals to accept the writ of certiorari or the opposition thereto as their respective arguments.
The terms herein provided shall be extendible by petition of a party or by the Circuit Court of Appeals’ own initiative.
History —Added on Dec. 25, 1995, No. 249, § 37, eff. May 1, 1996.